Federal agencies promise to speed major infrastructure reviews and permitting

The heads of several federal agencies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreeing to collaborate and speed along environmental reviews and permitting for major infrastructure projects under the One Federal Decision (OFD) executive order established by President Donald Trump...

At AGC’s urging, Congress invested $18.5 billion (15 percent) more in FY2018 federal construction accounts than FY2017 as part of the federal government funding bill enacted March 23. The funding measure allocates a total of $139 billion for a wide range of construction investment (click here for a breakdown of federal construction accounts)...